Poem December 20, 1913 Issue

[Written for the Sentinel]

Truth's Vestal Dawn

CASSIUS M. LOOMIS

The very hills 'round Bethlehem teemed with song.
The east was fringed with myriad golden beams;
The world was just awakening from its dreams
Of human guile and undefeated wrong.

A memorable hour! yea, blessings crown the day.
Hear ye, O earth, the Prince of Peace is born!
Such was the gladsome theme that fateful morn
Throughout Judæa's hills and far away.

A breath of silence, such as might foretell
A crash of earthquake or a tempest drear—
A silence such as sturdy yeomen fear—
Upon the morn that breathless moment fell.

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